A strong sense of decency and wanting what is right to happen seem to me to be important values for the vast majority of forumites whose posts I've read in my 6 weeks here. (10+ hours per day -- I know I know -- I did. This is my life now.)It is only natural for such people to be concerned when others exhibit a clear lack of such values.
Sure newbies are going to make mistakes. But I don't think deliberate flaunting breaks of the rules need to be just winked at. I recentl noticed, in the individual sales forum, a post to sell several knives by a forumite who's been a member well over a year and had at least a couple hundred posts, trying to set up an auction, rather than listing prices. I think they need to be embarrassed for their ways, otherwise the problems will just escalate.
My $.02.
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